Quilting-frame.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

H. H. JACKSON. QUILTING FRAME. AIPLIGATION FILED MAY17, 1905.

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wamm HUGH H. JACKSON, OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE.

QUILTING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, l 906.

Application filed May 17,1905- Serial No. 260,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH H. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Wilson, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to quilting-frames.

One object of this invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient quilting-frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a quilting-frame of such character that the side and end bars thereof may be readily separated for knockdown or rolling purposes.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a quilting-frame and mount the same in such manner that it may be easily shifted upon a trolley from one side of the room to the other and whereby the frame may be readily adjusted vertically.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it eing understood that changes in the form, size, proportion, and minor detail may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of my invention suspended for quilting purposes, the illustration including portions of opposite side walls of a room. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the hanger for supporting the frame, the flexible connections being not shown. Fig. 3'is an en larged section through one end of one of the side bars on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of one of the side bars having the corresponding end bar detached therefrom. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through the trolley-wheel.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate the sides of the frame, the characters 3 and 4 indicating the ends thereof.

The side bars 1 and 2 are the ones upon which the work is rolled. The end bars 3' and 4 are rectan ular in cross-section. Each end of the side ars is provided with upper and lower plates 5 and 6, respectively, which project beyond the ends for the reception therebetween of the corresponding end bars 3 and 4. These plates 5 and 6 are secured to the side bars by means of one or more bolts or the like 7, there being a thumb-screw 8 or 1 its equivalent arranged to pierce the plates 5 and 6 to clamp the end bars therebetween, there being a nut 8 upon the lower ends of the thumb-bolts 8, as shown. These bolts or the like 7 pass between the ends of the side bars and the adjacent faces of the end bars. Of course the side bars may be provided with felt or any other suitable means for sewing or otherwise attaching the quilt or other work to the frame for the usual purpose of holding the quilt or other material in proper relation with respect to the frame.

Secured in any suitable manner to each end of the end bars is an eyebolt 9, designed to receive one end of a cord or other suitable connection 10. It will thus be understood that there are four of these connections 10, there being one at each corner of the frame, and reference to the drawings will disclose that these connections 10 converge upwardly in pairs and are secured at their upper ends to a plate 11, having four edges 12, one for the reception of the upper end of each connection 10. This plate 11 has a central perforation 13, which fits loosely upon the rod 14, which latter has its lower end screwthreaded for the reception of the nut 15, the

latter being the plate 11 bottom face plate 11 may be raised and lowered upon the rod 14, the raising and lowering of the plate 11 conse uently enabling a raising and lowering of t e frame. The perforation in the plate 11 is not screw-threaded and is of longer diameter than the rod or hanger 14. If desired, a cord hanger may be employed instead of the rod or the like 14.

The upper end of the rod or hanger 14 is connected, by means of a pivot-pin or other suitable element 16, in the nipple 17 at the lower ends of the mutually-connected upwardly-directed wings 18, between which latter is journaled the wheel 19, having a grooved periphery for guidance over the cable or trolley-wire 20, which is stretched across the room near the ceiling, the cable or wire 20 having rings 21 formed in its ends larger than the perforation 14 in and designed to bear against the of the latter and whereby the for the reception of the looped members 22, which latter are engaged in the eyes 23 of the bolts 24, secured in the opposite walls 25 of the room. By reason of these looped members 22 the cable or wire 20 may be drawn taut in the event of sagging of the latter.

In the extremities of each of the end bars are secured eyebolts 26, in which the hooked ends 27 of the cord 28 are secured. It will be seen that there is but one of these cords and arranged parallel with the side bars, and

its purpose is to prevent folding of the frame during rolling of the quilt or other work that is, when one of the side bars is detached from the end bars for the purpose of rolling the end bars will be prevented from the tendency of turning in their seats between the plates at the ends of the opposite side bar against the action of the clamping-bolts 8. This cord 28 may be upon either side of the frame-that is, it can be placed upon both sides of the frame, but always upon the side opposite to the machine. It will thus be seen that when one side of the quilt has been worked the frame may be turned completely around for work by the sewing-machine, (not shown,) or, if desired, the sewing-machine may be shifted to the other side of the frame. It will also be seen that the frame may be shifted from one side of the room to the other as the work is advanced, the frame being easily shifted upon the wire or cable by means of the wheel 19. It will be observed, too, that the frame may be readily adjusted vertically by reason of the plate 11 loosely fitting the rod 14 and the nut 15, associated with the latter.

What is claimed is- In a quilting-frame, side bars, each having pairs of upper and lower clamping-plates secured thereto and extending over 0 posite ends thereof, end bars removably 0 am ed between the said clampin plates, a trol eywire disposed above the ame, a traveling hanger disposed upon the said wire, a plate slidably mounted upon the hanger, a connection between the o posite ends of each end bar and the said ate, meansrfor adjusting the plate vertical y upon the hanger, and a flexible connection between the end bars and extending parallel with the corresponding side bar.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

H. H. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

WALTER B. WALKER, LEWIS H. WALKER. 

